The Myth of Humanity?

Updated on February 19, 2012

All that can be touchedAnd seenRenders the verdictAll that cannot be seenOr touchedSows mankind's conflictStranger upon strangerBound by prideAnd certainty's causeIn mortal combatTo demonize each otherReaping evil's lawsNo delusionOr assuranceCan be trueWhen we hateAnd killFor what either will doThere is no masterOf a man's heartOther than his ownAnd in preservationOf one anotherWe may atoneFor yesterdays endAnd tomorrows deathIn the face of our present realityIt is all we haveUnless we believe That the true myth is our humanity

I am emotion No matter my wisdom No matter my age A tear in every moment As I have lost my voice Where once I thought of joy Now I have a choice To laugh or cry In the face of pain To see the sun When all I have is...